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Long-term exposure to low levels of air pollution can increase the risk of heart and lung disease, a new study reveals.
Researchers used the addresses of 63 million US adults aged 65 and older to assess their exposure to particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3).
Pollution exposure was then compared to whether they went on to experience a heart attack, stroke, atrial fibrillation and pneumonia.
Worryingly, long-term exposure to all three pollutants at low concentrations – below international regulations – was consistently linked with an increased risk of all four conditions.
In all forms, air pollution can cause harm to the cardiovascular and respiratory systems due to its effect on inflammation in the heart and throughout the body.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Are planes as Covid-safe as the airlines say?
15 Feb, 2021 06:58 PM
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A Passenger wears a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19. Photo / Getty Images
A Passenger wears a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19. Photo / Getty Images
Financial Times
OPINION:
The vaccinations have begun, but so have the coronavirus mutations. We may be able to limit Covid-19 but it s going to be around, as UK government chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance says, probably forever .
So will we be able to fly again without fear of infection? How safe can we feel sitting shoulder to shoulder with strangers for hours in a sealed tube? Pretty safe, according to the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, which says we have less chance of contracting Covid-19 on an aircraft than almost anywhere else.
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